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incorporated into the report, and a final 

report is issued to the Tribe. 

Title of Collection: Tribal Trust 

Evaluations for Public Law 93–639 

Compact Tribes. 

OMB Control Number: 1035–0005. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Tribes 

that have an annual funding agreement 

in place to compact Indian trust 

programs. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 64 Tribes. Federal 

agencies are exempt from the PRA and 

are not included in the total annual 

respondents/responses/burden hour 

estimates. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,024. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 2 hours for reporting and 1 

hour for recordkeeping. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 3,072. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Frequency of Collection: Once per 

fiscal or calendar year (year the 

respective Tribe operates under). 

Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour 

Burden Cost: None. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Jeffrey Parrillo, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032323; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Alaska State Office, 

Anchorage, AK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 

Alaska State Office (BLM) has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects, 

in consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects and present-day Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the BLM. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the lineal 

descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native 

Hawaiian organizations stated in this 

notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the BLM at the address in this 

notice by August 23, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert E. King, Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 W 

7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 99513, 

telephone (907) 271–5510, email 

r2king@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 

of Land Management, Alaska State 

Office, Anchorage, AK. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Unalaska Island and 

Amaknak Island in the Eastern Aleutian 

Islands, AK. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the BLM with the 

help of the University of Alaska 

Museum of the North professional staff 

in consultation with representatives of 

the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1948, human remains representing 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from the Chernofski site on 

Unalaska Island, Eastern Aleutian 

Islands, AK. The work was done as part 

of the Harvard Peabody Museum’s 

Aleutian Expedition of 1948, led by 

Harvard University graduate student 

William S. Laughlin. The Harvard 

Peabody Museum felt it had 

authorization for the work under a 

contract to partially fund the 1948 

Expedition, but it obtained an 

Antiquities Act Permit for work during 

a second season in 1949, due to 

uncertainty about the authorization for 

the 1948 work. The human remains of 

the one individual removed in 1948 

were accessioned by the Harvard 

Peabody Museum, where they remained 

until 2017, when they were transferred 

to the Bureau of Land Management in 

Alaska and placed in their current 

location at the University of Alaska 

Museum of the North. The human 

remains consist of a single mandible 

from an adult of unknown sex. No 

known individual was identified. The 

one associated funerary object is the 

fragment of a ground stone lamp. 

The site is more than 200 years old; 

its actual age unknown. The stone lamp 

fragment is consistent with items found 

in other archeological sites more than 

200 years old in the Eastern Aleutian 

Islands. Based on genetic studies as well 

as a continuity in artifact styles, 

scientists view the current aboriginal 

Unangan population of the Eastern 

Aleutian Islands as direct descendants 

of the people who first came to the 

region 9,000 or more years ago and were 

never replaced by any other people. 

This view is consistent with oral 

traditional information provided by 

today’s Unangan people. 

In 1950, human remains representing 

at minimum, five individuals were 

removed from the Eider Point Site on 

Unalaska Island, Eastern Aleutian 

Islands, AK. That same year, human 

remains representing one individual 

were removed from the Amaknak Burial 

Site on Amaknak Island, near Unalaska 

Island. Both removals were carried out 

by Ted P. Bank II, of the University of 

Michigan, under a Federal permit. 

Initially, the human remains were 

placed at the University of Michigan. 

Around the late 1990s, these six sets of 

human remains were moved to the 

Museum of the Aleutians, Unalaska, 

Alaska. Until 2018, the human remains 

were believed to be under the control of 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(FWS). Accordingly, FWS moved the 

remains from the Museum of the 


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Aleutians to Anchorage, Alaska 

sometime prior to 2012. In 2018, when 

the human remains were transferred to 

the Bureau of Land Management in 

Anchorage, AK, the BLM placed them at 

the University Museum of the North, 

Fairbanks, AK, where they are currently 

located. The human remains for each of 

the six individuals vary as to 

completeness with none more than 10– 

15% complete. One individual is 

represented by a single mandible. The 

others are represented predominately by 

smaller bones, including some complete 

or fragmentary vertebrae, ribs, ulnas, 

femurs, metatarsals, and tibias. Some of 

the six individuals are also represented 

by innominate fragments, one pubis, 

one sacrum, and one scapula. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The remains of the six individuals 

removed from the Eider Point Site and 

the Amaknak Burial Site are all over 200 

years old; their actual age is unknown. 

The connection between the remains of 

these six individuals and today’s 

Unangan people is based on the above 

cited information. 

Sometime between the late 1940s and 

late 1970s, human remains representing, 

at minimum, four individuals were 

removed from an unknown site on 

Amaknak Island by William Laughlin 

who, during these years, was associated 

variously with several universities. 

These four sets of human remains were 

found at the Museum of 

Anthropological Archaeology at the 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 

They had been placed there at an 

unknown date due to Laughlin’s 

collaboration on Eastern Aleutian 

archeological work with Ted P. Bank II 

of the University of Michigan. The four 

individuals are represented by 13 teeth 

and a single long bone fragment. The 

four individuals include three adults 

and one subadult, all of unknown sex. 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

The remains of the four individuals 

removed from Amaknak Island are all 

over 200 years old; their actual age is 

unknown. The connection between the 

remains of these six individuals and 

today’s Unangan people is based on the 

above cited information. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Alaska State Office 

Officials of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 

Alaska State Office have determined 

that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 11 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the one object described in this notice 

is reasonably believed to have been 

placed with or near individual human 

remains at the time of death or later as 

part of the death rite or ceremony. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary object 

and the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary object should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Robert E. King, Bureau of 

Land Management, Alaska State Office, 

222 W 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 

99513, telephone (907) 271–5510, email 

r2king@blm.gov, by August 23, 2021. 

After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary object to the 

Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska may 

proceed. 

The U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, Alaska 

State Office is responsible for notifying 

the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 14, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032324; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology, Denver, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of Denver 

Museum of Anthropology, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, has determined that the 

cultural items listed in this notice meet 

the definition of objects of cultural 

patrimony. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request to the 

University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology. If no additional 

claimants come forward, transfer of 

control of the cultural items to the lineal 

descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native 

Hawaiian organizations stated in this 

notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology at the address in this 

notice by August 23, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Amati, University of Denver 

Museum of Anthropology, 2000 E 

Asbury Avenue, Sturm Hall 146, 

Denver, CO 80208, telephone (303) 871– 

2687, email anne.amati@du.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the 

University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology, Denver, CO, that meet 

the definition of objects of cultural 

patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

At an unknown date, one cultural 

item was removed from an unknown 

site in the state of Arizona. At an 

unknown date, the item came into the 

possession of Kohlberg’s Antique Store 

in Denver, CO, where it was purchased 

by Fallis F. Rees. In 1967, Mr. Rees 

donated the item to the University of 

Denver Museum of Anthropology. The 

one object of cultural patrimony is a 

dipper (DU# 3887). It is in the Gila Plain 

style and was likely produced between 

A.D. 200–1450, which encompasses the 

Hohokam cultural sequence. 

At unknown dates, 16 cultural items 

were removed from unknown sites in 

the state of Arizona. At unknown dates, 

the items came into the possession of 


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